>> topping the news this hour. at least 24 people are dead after gun men posing as u.s. and iraqi soldiers opened fire outside of baghdad mid increasing political turmoil in iraq it could complicate u.s. withdrawals. >> defyian mahmoud ahmadinejad vowing to move forward with nuclear a.m. bishes. >> thousands of americans brave long lines to be some of the first get the new ipad. is it worth the hype? they waited in line for hours. >> let's begin this hour with the woman known as jihad jamie. now in american custody. jamie ramirez arrested by members of the joint terrorism task force in philadelphia yesterday. after she arrived on a plane from ireland. the colorado mom is now charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. julie kurtz is live with more on this

>> reporter: authorities aren't telling us where her son is when she landed in philadelphia yesterday she landed with her 6-year-old son. we know that she arrived in philadelphia and was immediately taken into custody. she faces conspiracy charges. she has a hearing next wednesday. ramirez's mother the boy's grandmother has been talking to the media since ramirez was arrested. there she with her son. since she was arrested in ireland she said ramirez converted to islam last easter, a year ago. married a muslim man she met online. the biological father of the 6-year-old out of the picture in mexico according to the grandmother. the new indictment released friday charges that larose, jihad jane and pauline ramirez traveled separately to europe to support muslim holy war. the court papers say larose was in europe first and then invited ramirez to join her at

a training camp. the dim quotes larose writing she was willing to kill and die in the name of islam. the indictment quotes revealing online exchange between these two american women last august a month before ramirez traveled to europe. la rote -- larose writes when our brothers defend our faith they are terrorists then fine i'm a terrorist if that's how they call it, those are her words then so be it, i am what i am. federal authorities say larose or jihad jane claimed she tried twice to be a martyr. ramirez has a detention hearing in philadelphia this coming wednesday. >> thanks. president obama and the democratic leadership are getting a big win on health care reform. i can't tell by the

president's recent approval ratings now 44% all time low for the president down from a high of 68% last year. his ratings dropped five points since last march before the health care bill passed in the house. joining us cal thomas. we were talking about the gallup poll that said republicans -- that american voters would more likely vote for republicans in their local races than democrats, a switch before the health care bill legislation was passed. now we have the cbs poll. richard should democrats be worried? >> democrats should be worried because they two straight elections in 2006 and 2008 where they did had sizeable gains. it stands to reason that pendulum that swings back and also are inevitable. combined with the fact that the president inherited a

miserable economy. the good news is , the reason they probably don't have to panic is that thanks to the health care bill, and i would say not withstanding the polls the president said yesterday in maine it has only been a week. once the public starts reaping the benefits of this health care bill, which they will before election day in terms of kids going on their parents' plans, et cetera, i think people will not be keen on rolling the clock back. i think we are seeing as we saw the jobs numbers yesterday ticking up in that regard. the economy came back from the depths, we are now at plus five or six percent get rate over the past few quart there's is not a small feat. i think over time the public will give credit to democrats to that no question unemployment is high bad for democrats, no question. >> i want to break some of these things up. cal, should republicans be popping the champagne right now? >> no, i think not. you can't beat something with nothing. the public's memory is not all

that fuzzy. i think what republicans have to do is come out with a solid and visionary agenda that says, look we've learned our lesson, we are not like we were in 2006 and 2008. we are not going to be democrat-like. >> what did you mean? >> what i mean is more government spending maybe a little less debt. more prescription drugs. more spending on education. these sorts of things. we have democrats to do that we don't need republicans. i don't want think 26-year-old of mine on my insurance policy let him get out of house and make their own living. if cbs is finding the president's popularity has fallen. harry smith shoots hoops with the president, it must be true this is a center right country. the president is jerking the country too far left and a huge majority and growing i believe majority until election day, don't like it. >> we have talked about the election coming. it is almost like it is days

away but it is seven months some would say that is an eternity in politics. each of you please address what your party should be doing if you are consulting and i'm sure they are all watching right now. what what would you do with regards to jobs to the economy to health care? richard? >> i think what the president needs to do, what democrats in congress needs to do is remind the public of what they've inherited and what they've done in the past year and a half. when had you guests on a year ago, in march and april of '09, people were look into the abyss. they weren't sure whether they were going to have this double dip. it wasn't clear the economy was going to be as close today as it is. the stock market gone up 50% since then. those are not baked in. indeed all the we were going to have a recession that ended

in the middle of 2010 the fact it ended toward the end of '09 was not a foregone conclusion thanks to the stimulus policies with respect to other aspects of what the government can do. health care again is something the public has been up to its eyeball in hearing all the ills associated with it. and with the process, which when you get up close and personal doesn't look and smell too good. when they start receiving the benefits, my prediction is it will be like massachusetts when romney his health care bill plan the public wasn't keen on it now people would scream bloody murder if you try take it away. i think that is going to happen if the republicans run on repeal and replace campaign with respect to health care this fall. >> you wish! >> cal, go ahead. >> first of all, i'm a conservative, i'm not a republican. i don't advise the party and i'm not a adult stan. decisions -- i'm not a

consultant. if it is going to mandate national health care and everyone including businesses and individuals buy health insurance businesses will have bottom line reduced and they are not going to hire fewer people. in terms of medicare democrats have scared older people about how those evil are going to take away their social security. wasn't true the depend s under obama care are going to take away substantially medicare. republicans ought to go to florida and start telling old people this >> cal, thank you. richard good to see you, have a good weekend. the 2010 election cycle about to kickoff. in six weeks both parties will hold a series of primaries. given the unpopularity of congress a lot of incumbents could have a serious fight on their hands. caroline shivelyly. >> reporter: the big question every pollster in america wants to know from vote is it

that you want? we should get answers six weeks from now on what some are calling factor super tuesday may 18th three states go to the polls: arkansas, kentucky and pennsylvania. eight states vote next month. these are primary races democrats against democrat and republicans against republicans. we won't know which party has the upper hand. it will demonstrate how the nation feels about establishment candidates versus challengers. incumbents chosen by the party, normally have the money, backing and name recognition to stop challenger this is an angry electorate. we asked two strategists what if the establishment candidates get their feet in? >> the message incumbents are going to take we are holding -- we are in this for ourselves. >> if they lose, then the reaction to scott brown will be multiplied by 10. which is incumbent, watch your back, both parties. democrats in particular.

>> reporter: one thing to watch out for potential tea party effect. kentucky senate republican primary as grayson the secretary of state backed by the establishment. many tea party folks are backing ron paul's son a definite outsider. right now he's tied in the polls. paul pulls it you major cue for the tea party folks and could for shadow a trend for november. we are learning more about monday's deadly homicide bombings on the moscow subway system this is one of the accused bombers pictured with her husband. killed by russian security forces last year. separately human rights group saying the attack was likely motivated by a russian security forces attack in february in the country's north. the group saying four civilians and 18 militants were cut down by russian forces in that attack. folks in new york have been thinking about this this wake of the moscow bombings.

how safe are our subways and trains? almost 14 million people ride the rails everyday. the federal government spends 100 times more money on air security. with a look inside the numbers rick leventhal has this report. >> reporter: a show of force in new york city train and subway stations. a surge of heavily armed officers from multiple agent says hoping to scare off potential terrorists. >> it has a great deterrent effect. in the event that something did occur because of the working relationship we have we would be better able to deal with that situation. >> reporter: security analysts say terror attacks require expensive surveillance and practice. if there's a reasonable chance of bumping into law enforcement they may search for a softer target q >> terrorists are conservative. they want to be successful. if they see the risk of them being caught is above a few percent they may not go for it. >> reporter: commuter rails are especially vulnerable

because there are so many ways on and off, no single funnel point. nearly impossible because of the riders and stations. americans take 14 million train or subway rides everyday. in fact on any given day, twice as many people ride the new york city subway as fly nationwide. governments are spending 100 times more on securing planes than trains, about six dollars per air traveler versus six cents for riders on the rails. more than half a billion from the transportation security administration for extra officers, cameras, k-9 teams and more. the best weapon may be intelligence. infiltrating groups to uncover plots as they take shape. >> maybe the biggest step the biggest tactic is very pro active aggressive investigation, developing of confidential informants in communities where these radicals, these terrorists may come from >> reporter: riders on the

frontlines. authorities say if you see something, say something. in new york, rick leventhal, fox news. >> thank you rick. >> president obama turning to spiritual matters in his weekly address. the president speaks of a common bond we all share regardless of faith. >> sunday my family will join other christians all over the world marking the rerecollection shun of jesus christ. while we worship in different ways we remember the shared spirit of humanity je with w is s, christians, muslims and hindus believers and nonbelievers alike. >> briefly touching on jobs numbers and the value of work. in jerusalem one of the holyiest churches in christianity lit up. pilgrims gathering for the is ceremony of the holy fire a ritual that guess back centuries seen as a miracle

before orthodox easter. >> reporter: easter has officially kicked off in jerusalem. it began in morning with what is known as the holy fire. christian leaders lit a fire inside the holy except customer believed to be where christ -- sepulchre believed to be where jesus was crucified and buried. they will take turns holding services sign. believers from all over the world have come to celebrate easter. security remains on high alert. not because of easter, but also since it is the jewish holiday passover. police have a high presence. they've closed off some streets leading into the holy sepulchre to deal with crowd control. tomorrow services will take place they will celebrate easter on the same day that happens only once every four

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jamie arrested in philly after arriving on a plane from ireland. she has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. state and federal investigators looking into a refinery blast that killed five in washington state. the refinery was recently fined for safety violations. >> supreme court justice stevens speaking out in a web interview. he says he will surely retire while president obama is still in office. he will decide soon. if it will be this year or next. he's the leader of the court's liberal wing. he turns 90 this month. he's the oldest justice his departure will give president obama his second nomination to the highest court. major developments to clamp down on iran's nuclear program. watchdog agency investigating claims that a chinese firm may be exporting hardware to iran

manufacturing by a french company. the french company denies it. all this as the u is is presses china and other u.n. security council members to impose new sanctions on the iranian government. >> the iranian president vowing to move forward with his country's nuclear program. in a speech today mahmoud ahmadinejad saying new sanctions would only strengthen the country making it more self-sufficient. what can the west do to deep tehran from developing a nuclear weapon? joining us michael sing. itã is good to see you michael. this guy loves to stir up trouble, doesn't he? >> he sure does. he sure does. >> how seriouslyly -- when he comes out and says these things like has today. what happens in washington? what happens on the national security council? >> i don't think much happens. certainly we are accustomed to bluster from ahmadinejad.

i think that it would be a mistake to dismiss it as bluster. there is a grain of truth to what he says. if iran sees sanctions coming and doesn't think the sanctions will be strong or do much to inflict pain on iran there is a sense in which they embolden iran and cause them to believe they are not going to pay a price for what they've done. >> china seems to be the key to all of this. they have that veto on the u.n. security council. what kind of sanctions do you think the chinese would be willing to go along with? >> so far the chinese have not indicated they are willing to go along with any sanctions. they've said they will discuss sanctions which is a breakthrough. before what we saw with china in previous negotiations was that china was interested in diluting the sanctionswj as much as they could especially when harm or impact china's economic interests. i think we would see more of

that now. given that china's economic interests are getting closer to being impacted by the types of sanctions that are being discussed. really want a unanimous vote at the u.n.. -- unanimity is important for all the world's powers to be speaking from one voice. at what cost? are watered down sanctions better than no sanctions at all? is there a way to get around the whole u.n. thing and actually take another route? >> well, i would argue that watered down sanctions are in fact counter productive and can do more harm than do. they tell iran that in fact sanctions will not be use . sanctions will not be painful them and they rob sanctions of their ability to deter the iranians. which means if you want to deter the iranians you have to resort to more extreme measures which done want to do. rather than prizing namey so

much which by centering ourselves hraoerpbest common denominator measures it does make sense to think about taking action outside the u.n. security council and not handcuffing ourselves with this belief that every action against iran requires unanimous u.n. security council blessing. >> let's not forget israel. the israelis might not be willing to sit around and wait for sanctions to take effect. they are sort of the wild card aren't they? >> that's right. we are treating this almost as though we have all the time in the world that we can build up gradual there tough sanctions regime. the time may be short. either to when israel chooses to strike iran or to when iran declares we have nuclear weapons capability now we have to think about the types of circumstances we immediate to bring in iran to get them to change their minds and start working right now on bringing those circumstances about.

rather than taking these incremental steps building up eventually toward something tough. >> realistically michael the last question, we are talking about mahmoud ahmadinejad, he's not -- doesn't seem to be most stable guy world leader on the global stage here. what can we say to convince him to stop pursuing a nuclear program? >> well, we shouldn't put too much emphasis on ahmadinejad as making the decisions. the supreme leader still appears to be the one making the decisions in iran. it still seems that he will make that decision on a cost benefit basis. what is important is not even what we do, but iran believes we are prepared to do. it is like george washington said, if you want peace you need to be prepared for war. if iran doesn't believe we are prepared to really go the distance it is not going to change its actions. >> michael is singh served on the national security council in the bush administration,

thank you for description, we appreciate -- thank you for joining us today we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> apple. pad on shelves right now. i still don't understand it. selling like hotcakes laura engel is going to explain. the flagship store it has been a zoo today. >> reporter: the apple ipad has been described as gorgeous splendor, phenomenal, everybody wants one. there were hunt us of people that were cued up in line to get their hands on one today. i'll let you know there is any left here at this flagship store, coming up. ♪ ♪ i want it ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] breathe right asks... [ woman ] could i ask you to strip on the street?

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the woman known as jihad jamie, was arrested in philadelphia after arriving from ireland. the colorado mother accused of plotting online to attend a terrorist training camp. consumer product safety commission saying thousands of homes tainted by chinese dry wall shut be gutted linked to corrosion of wiring, air conditioning units, computers and jewelry possible health affects. >> nasa clearing discovery for monday morning launch the last in darkness for the soon to be retired . wall street on a winning streak stock market up five straight weeks dow jones and nasdaq posting strong gains for the first quarter. bears have doubts. does the market reflect what is going on or a case of stocks going too high too fast and setting up for a big drop? managing director of relative value partners also author of the seven deadly sins of

investing joins me. great to see you. a recent forecast suggests that the stimulus package also the feds' low interest rates have helped the economy. for how long? how long will this sustain? another question, a thing thrown out there was, are we trading a private bubble for a public ? can you explain what that means and talk about the sustainability for right now? >> i think we can sustain the rally. the market is still 22% below where it was in october of 2007. some of the big i am puts that effect the market are -- big inputs that effect the market, earnings . we also see the economy improving. and the federal reserve those are all three factors that will move the market higher. when you talk about the private bubble and public bubble. there's a big shift of get that was issued -- held by individuals insurance

companies, banks that is moving from -- that has been written off the books. the fed is really -- the treasury has taken on additional debt in the form of the deficit financing and the stimulus. ultimately, we have to pay the price for that i believe that will be an issue. we have significant fiscal issues in terms of for this it is going to be a drag on the economy. but it is several years out. it is more of a story to think about in 2012, 2013 -- >> your saying the problems may be deeper by 2012, 2013? >> they will be out there. it is going to be a drag on the economy -- think about the money the government has to spend. as they spend more to service all this debt that has been issued, it will be a drag and the overall economy. >> when you say drag, talking about the average american what are they going to experience? >> well, they will experience

an doesn't grow as fast what that might -- the impact to that might be not as much in the way of job gain that would probably be the most direct effect. you are seeing a little of that already. the job growth is starting out very slow and probably will remain slow for a number of years. >> when the job numbers cape out yesterday what was your interpretation of what they meant? >> well, it means -- we had such horrendous numbers for the last two years. we he finally saw 162,000 new jobs. you have to remember, it takes 100,000 jobs alone to employ the new people coming into the work force. so it was not that significant. it was significant in the fact it is a change in direction. but, we have a lot of jobs to create to really get back to where we were. the unemployment rate at 9.7% is very high and it is going to stay high. it is going to stay high for quite a while because we lost

eight million jobs in this investigation. >> talk to people and they say 20122013 that is down the row. let's talk about the next year, we are out of work, we are having major financial problems, losing our homes all sorts of things. what are we going to see over the next year? >> i think things will continue to improve you first saw it in the overall -- in things such as the gdp get. you are seeing it in manufacturing numbers. things that maybe aren't that able for the average person. eventually corporations cut their employees down to the bone. they were scared to death in ' and they cut everything they could. now -- now they are slow to add jobs slowly but surely they will add jobs that will be the theme throughout the rest of the year. people will feel this improvement will be more able to the average person. and i think the markets, the

stock market will continue up higher not in straight line. i caution that we will see some bumps along the way. the general improvement will be felt by the average person. >> thank you maury fertig. >> thank you. after months of hype, apple's new ipad hitting stores today. now available in over 200 retail locations across the country. they are the hottest item at the company's flagship store in midtown manhattan near central park. lines around the block as fans waiting to get their hands-on one. laura engel outside 5th avenue. how is it going? >> reporter: very busy day earlier this morning we were here when it went on sale at 9 a.m.. you would have thought they were giving away bon jovi tickets for free. we are going to walk up the steps and take to you the front door of the apple store to show you how many people are still cuing up and getting

in there. we've got in live look here. many people in line earlier today have preordered their ipads. just couldn't wait to get them they to be down here and get in first. the hand-held device looks like a big ipod touch apples boasts i it does more. weighing in at a pound and may have, 9.7 inch screen. it lets you surfed the web, view movies, play games, read e books and magazines. others have been critical of the ipad saying it should be -- should have a webcam and a usb port and say it is a little pricey for those who always have a smartphone and/or land top. critics have mixed reviews. the ipad was the rock star of the day. those who scored one came out holding it up to anxious photographers who wanted to see people with it. we found many people here today who had traveled from all around the world to be

here for the sale vent. one came from australia. he planned to about it for 14 of his friends and family at home that won't see ipads on sale for a while. another from denmark wanted to buy as many as he could. had to plan around the two per customer limit how many do you have? >> i have two for me and two for my friend. he wouldn't be here so power of attorney to get two for him. >> reporter: the big question of the day will be does the ipad live up to all of the hype? we've been hearing from critics people talking this for months. now it is all about the consumer and whether or not people are going to be using this. it is a bridge device between laptop and smartphone. we have to wait and see we can tell you that technology experts are estimating 300,000 will pick one up on this launch weekend alone. by june they say about five million will have been sold.

>> laura please bring one back to the studio. two please. 7:00! we'll meet you right here. >> so it is basically an iphone without a phone? >> right. >> you can't take pictures? i like it, i'm changing my mind. another story, deadly violence in iraq. gunmen wearing a iraqi military and forms storming a sunni village last night killed 24 people, five women included. police saying victims were handcuffed and shot execution dominic joins us live by phone. >> reporter: not only was it a savage attack, these men were also dressed to look like u.s. soldiers as well. they banged on doors in the middle of the night in the neighborhood 15 miles from the center of baghdad and in broken english demanded to enter. on gaining into some of the houses they told some victims

they were soldiers on patrol. one woman said her mother went to the door and she and her two brothers were killed. u.s. embassy in baghdad has condemned the attacks. they will conduct a thorough investigation. amid political violence we've had since the election in march, this appears to be a revenge attack. targets were members of the awakening council. former insurgents who sided with the hearns in 2007 and fought against al-qaeda. the insurgents former pay masters this seems to be isolated incident. it is adding to the tension amid expectations that violence could increase while we have a new government formed. for the moment it remains a -- [ inaudible ] >> horrible story. thank you. american men and women fighting in afghanistan.

colonel oliver north embedded with the special operations task force in kandahar battling taliban targeting the opium operations that fund it. >> just days ago, an afghan national security forces truck like this wouldn't dare have ventureed into the city. city of marjah it took two weeks heavy fights -- and the national army to secure the streets of this once taliban stronghold. today our fox news team was granted exclusive access to a visit by dea administrator and u.s. ambassador wayne. this is the heart of opium country. enormously challenging environment. soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines out here and your dea agents. what are they doing to stop this harvest? >> not only the heart of opium

country, the heart of the insurgency. we have a plan to bring our national unit and counterparts into the area and using intelligence developed over the past several months we'll be able to go in and interdict the opium moving out of the area and go after the actual drug traffickers. >> ambassador wayne can poppy be replaced by some legitimate product here? >> yes we have a good chance of doing that there's water to irrigate, soil fertile. there are a number of crops that pay more than poppy does. two help the farmers get access to growing those kinds of crops and create the market access for them. i think there are a number of programs we have that can help do that >> in southern afghanistan i'm oliver north, for fox news. >> thank you colonel. geraldo is embedded with marines tagging along in

southern afghanistan. be sure to tune in tonight 10 p.m. eastern for a special edition of geraldo at large, live from afghanistan, right here on fox news channel. let's go to casey stegall in simi valley, california this is a cool story. latest on a high-tech battlefield technology. tell us about it real quick. >> reporter: good to see you this is a lot more than a child's remote controlled plane. up next we'll show you how this is the latest tool fighting the terrorists in the war on terror. that's coming your way next in a live report from southern california. we get dole miles on every purchase. so we earned a ski trip twice as fast. we get double miles every time we use our card. ( thuds ) i'll take this. ( crashing ) double miles add up quick. and all of those. so we brought the whole gang. one adult, one goat please. it's hard to beat double miles. everyone knows two is better than one. introducing the venturcard from capital one...

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the american woman known as jihad jamie has been arrested. prosecutors filing terrorism charges accusing jamie ramirez of accepting an invitation to attend a terrorist training camp from colleen larose known as jihad jane.

>> a fifth person dying of injuries after a washington state refinery blast. two other badly burned employees hospitalized. the fire started during maintenance work. >> gunmen wearing military uniforms raid homes in sunni village south of baghdad killing at least 24 people including five women most were members of a local awakening council. a group of sunni fighters who changed the course of the war when they revolted against al-qaeda in iraq. one california company is developing a new generation of drone aircraft. believe it or not, some of them look like birds or bugs. but they can transmit crystal clear pictures and sound to our troops on the battle felt. casey stegall live in simi valley, california with more. cool story, tell us about it. >> reporter: on any given day there are hundreds of these unmanned aerial vehicles or uav's patrolling the skies over iraq, afghanistan,

pakistan, across the middle east. the whole thing is they are souped up remote controlled planes essential delay have high-tech cameras onboard that allow members of our own u.s. military to not only monitor the enemy but also gather intelligence from great distances. this is done while the pilots are navigating and flying safely from the ground. some even equipped with weapons. the vast majority of uav's like the predator and reaper that you see here in kandahar, afghanistan runoff of fuel. they cost millions. and they weigh thousands of points. what if you had virtually the same capabilities with something that could fit inside a backpack? you heard it right, take a look at the puma in action here in southern california weighing in at 13 pounds. this bird can cruise at altitudes up to 15,000 feet while running on batteries up to 60 miles an hour two

cameras onboard, color and infrared sending live pictures back to the laptop, operating it allowing it the user to get invaluable bird's-eye view. >> the more ways that the military can figure out to keep a soldier safe by using technology, they going to do it. uav's are part of that >> when we the word that small uav's are coming out, we were excited. now they are organic to the unit. we have control of them. we request the air space and we can put them up when we get the air says requested. most of the larger uav's you may not have that request granted. >> reporter: those uav's rolling off at assembly line here in simi valley, california. more than 14,000 purchased by the department of defense. the planes that you have seen can cost thousands as opposed to the millions with larger heavy duty machine delay is mostly flying now in the me

east fighting the war on terror. >> -- in the mideast fighting the wart on terror. gizmos and gadgets are part of every facet of our lives and rely on them to communicate, learn and get from point a to point b. what if our enemies were to use electro magnetic pulls to wipe out and blind our country potential threat posed coming up next.

. terrorists use a device to create an emp electro magnetic pulse to take out all electronic devices. they are reel in theory one could be used to knock out all power and all defenses here in the u.s.. how likely is this to happen? what can we do to protect ourselves from emp's seth porter the associate eder to of popular mechanics. i wish this was an episode of "24" is this something jack bauer could help with? >> maybe, maybe not. we see this on shows in video games. guy in ocean's 11 used one. it is when a nuclear device goes way up into the atmosphere blows up.

instead hurting people with the explosion it shuts off and fries all electronics around it. >> all electronics that wouldn't just include people's cell phones and stuff like that >> everything from your ipad to your car has electronics in it these days. it goes up and >> yous with the earth's atmosphere that -- up and screws with the earth's atmosphere. it sends thought electro magnetic pugs in three parts second lightning surge and third like a solar flare the combination can mess with a lot of electronics. >> you are showing the map of the united states and how it would all the electronic was go out. the united states is attached to north america, canada, mexico, cuba is right there. we're talking about -- is it feasible a terrorist could get it? >> the range has to be the size of the nuclear weapon and

how high in the sky. in the 60s the u.s. did nuclear tests that 900 miles away electronics in hawaii. for this to happen it is not one of the bigger risks itch the reason for that, you need take a very large nuclear weapon, strap a missile and shoot up into the atmosphere fairly straightforward established nuclear power. the biggest nuclear threat most people agree comes from terrorist groups that's very difficult for a terrorist group to do probably not the most likely or spectacular way. >> this is the concern when we talk about iran's nuclear program that a country like that, that may not be willing to use a nuclear weapon on their own might want to sell the technology once they've been able to develop. what do we know about our pentagon? the defense department, are they playing war gyms with these kinds of scenarios, are they preparing? >> of course they are doing everything to prepare. these are difficult to run it

electronics are connected to each other using intricate and complex ways it is unpredictable what would happen. there is a risk but unpredictable risks. >> not everybody is buying this. there are a lot of skeptics out there. >> almost certainly. as i said it doesn't -- it is not that logical. if you are a terrorist group and you get one nuclear weapon there are other things that could do more damage not that we like to that kind of stuff. hopefully never happens. >> the folks who just spent $800 on an ipad today? >> they may want to get lead shielding. >> seth thanks for coming in. 12-year-old girl in colorado walks away from her home to a friend's birthday party and disappears that was last sunday the fbi in denver making the wilson case its top priority. we'll have the latest on the

efforts find her. .

>> rick: pretty scary discovery at an easter egg hunt in iowa. two teenagers who wandered away from the younger siblings finding a man's body at a city park in des moines it was founded founded in n. a wooded area at least 300 yards from where the easter egg hunt was taking place. police do not expect any foul play. the man's name has not been released pending notification of his family. >> >> juliet: let's lighten the mood a little bit. dogs can do the darndest things

as a man in middleton, wisconsin learned they can even drive cars. >> rick: no. >> juliet: don't be such a cynic. >> rick: did he not. >> juliet: this is xenia. when the owner left xenia in honda suv to go into a restaurant, xenia took the car for a spin. somehow the dog managed to put the suv in neutral. rolled about 75 feet before it hit a pickup truck. police say it's the first accident where they have had a driver at fault and the driver, a dog at fault. they estimate the damage to the two vehicle also cost thousands of dollars. we're not laughing about that not clear if this will put points on screen naps license or not. >> rick: xenia is going to make extra money taking people to the airport. indian bride arriving on elephant. gift from the groom's mother. the couple went to traditional ceremony in india a few weeks ago. they came home and said they wanted an elephant for their